Summary
HM Insurance Group, part of Highmark Health, provides insurance products and services. The Account Manager Sales role manages existing accounts and producers as a strategic consultant, renews business, and sells additional products and services, with a focus on stop loss insurance. The position also develops retention and profitability strategies, coordinates policyholder information, and represents the organization at customer and sales events.
Responsibilities
- Perform renewals and add-on sales of assigned policies within established premium rate guidelines to ensure retention, profitability, and growth of existing business within an assigned book of business
- Manage relationships as a strategic consultant with clients and brokers or producers. Assist management in supporting key local and national programs, and soliciting and providing competitive intelligence
- Develop strategic plans and metrics for retaining contract (policyholder) count, enhancing profitability, cross-selling and processes around client’s strategic planning
- Perform detailed fact finding, build files, collect data, coordinate, and manage information to build and enhance the policyholder and producer experience with the HM
- Partner with diversified business and Highmark business partners where appropriate to cross-sell additional products and services to existing clients
- Work with internal sources (claims, underwriting, administration, sales, etc.) to develop and present policyholder solutions. This position will have access to and will utilize necessary business tools such as full access to E-Services
- Assist with developing, implementing, and monitoring customer service and satisfaction strategies. This includes a review of current administrative processes as they relate to renewing business and to make recommendations on improvement
- Other duties as assigned or requested
Skills
- This role is looking for someone who has stop loss experience
- Bachelor's degree or relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree
- State specific Producer's license (Accident & Health) or obtained within 45 days of hire. (Stop Loss)
- Detailed knowledge of the health insurance marketplace
- Communication – Must demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively as the position requires service calls to existing customers, and joint calls with Sales to new prospects
- Creativity and innovation
- Influence – Consultative selling. Promote various stop loss products as solutions to meet and exceed market place needs
- Planning and organization – Time management and working well with others
- Problem solving – Contract, billing, claims, and contractual issues
- Exceptional skills in excel, mathematics, and writing
- Experience in sales or account management in the insurance industry
Qualifications
Must Haves
- This role is looking for someone who has stop loss experience
- Bachelor's degree or relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree
- State specific Producer's license (Accident & Health) or obtained within 45 days of hire. (Stop Loss)
- Detailed knowledge of the health insurance marketplace
- Communication – Must demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively as the position requires service calls to existing customers, and joint calls with Sales to new prospects
- Creativity and innovation
- Influence – Consultative selling. Promote various stop loss products as solutions to meet and exceed market place needs
- Planning and organization – Time management and working well with others
- Problem solving – Contract, billing, claims, and contractual issues
- Exceptional skills in excel, mathematics, and writing
Nice to Haves
- Experience in sales or account management in the insurance industry
Benefits
- Remote work
- Access to necessary business tools, including full access to E-Services